

The image depicts a traditional Japanese woodblock print titled "Love Letter (Kesobumi)" by Kajita Hanko. Two women are shown; the one on the left has long dark hair and wears a salmon-colored kimono with green, blue, and white designs; she holds a paper. The woman on the right has dark hair in a bun with a blue and white patterned band, and she wears a cream kimono with blue and red accents and a red kimono with white square designs underneath. The woman on the right sits with her left arm around the other woman, and they both look at the paper. The background of the print is beige with a darker beige border around the image and a thin black line border around the image; the corners are rough.
Artwork Details
- Date
- January 1906
- Medium
- Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Culture
- Japan
- Dimensions
- 600 × 453 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original
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